Julie Posselt on WORT 89.9: The Meritocracy Myth of College Admissions

Pullias faculty member Julie Posselt was interviewed about the many legal strategies used by the wealthy to tilt college admissions decisions in their favor by WORT 89.9, a listener-sponsored community radio station in Madison, Wisc. The segment, titled “The Meritocracy Myth of College Admissions,” comes on the heels of the recently uncovered college admissions cheating scandal at USC and other colleges and universities. Listen to the full interview:

Posselt is an associate professor of higher education and a national expert on college and graduate admissions. Her op-ed “Why Meritocracy Is a Myth in College Admissions” was recently published in The Conversation.